Author disentangles the interplay of economics and emotions, objectives and needs, the differing and sometimes clashing notions of personal duty, morality, and rights underlying the “conversation” that is taxation.
Elsbeth Heaman wins top prize for academic writing in Canadian history for her book Tax, Order, and Good Government: A New Political History of Canada, 1867–1917.
Author examines the goals, aspirations and challenges met by women who sought land of their own in the 19th and 20th century. In addition to the Sir John A. Macdonald Prize, several other awards were bestowed to historians from across Canada.
